2011-02-14_REVISION - C1981012 ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: C1981012
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 2/14/2011
• Doc Name: Completeness Letter
• From: DRMS
• To: Natural Resources Conservation Service
• Type & Sequence: PR2
• Email Name: KAG
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
February 14, 2011
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Trinidad Field Office
3590 E. Main St
Trinidad, CO 81082-5002
Re: New Elk Mine (Permit No. C-1981-012)
Permit Revision Application No. 2 (PR-2)
Mine Plan Revision
Dear Sir or Madam:
COLORADO
D IV IS I ON OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34,
Article 33, Section 118, Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on February 11, 2011, an
application to revise coal mining operations at the New Elk Mine was considered complete for the
purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate
from this date of filing.
New Elk Coal Company is requesting approval of a mine plan to extract coal from the Apache coal seam
and the Allen coal seam to the southeast of the mine facility under the Bosque del Oso State Wildlife
Area. The surface and the coal in the proposed expansion area is owned by the Division of Wildlife. The
underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 25 miles West of Trinidad,
Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows: T33S, R68W, Portions of Sections 24, 25 and
26. All sections are partially or fully projected by New Elk Coal Company due to the unsurveyed nature
of the Maxwell Land Grant. The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on the USGS 7.5 minute
Quadrangle maps of Stonewall Tercio, and Vigil.
A copy of the revision application is available for public inspection at the Las Animas County Clerk and
Recorder, 200 East First Street, Room 104, Trinidad, CO 81082, and at the Division office. For
additional information, to provide written comments, or to request an informal conference, contact the
Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver-,Colorado--93,
[phone], within thirty (30) days after the last public notice in the The Chronicle - News.
Sincer ly,
f
n
Kent A. Gorham
Environmental Protection Specialist III
Office of Office of
Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines